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A Twelve MpntlSs Voyage
Letter I. Here lay at the Foot of the attending Mountain, in a carelesspo-
S,j<"v"?vy sture, one Company of their Militia, raised on this occasion, having
JdUp^oint- relted tnc^r Arms, as Muskets, and Pikes, with their Colours of.
ed. White Silk, with a Green Cross athwart, and the Arms of Portugal
in the midst of ir, against the Wall,but Breast high; which could
not have sield up the Pikes, had not some adjoining Trees contribu-
ted to their aid.
They saluted us with the civility of the Hat, and Congced to the
ground; those of them that walked about, had Javelins in their
hands, and long Swords tied to their Backs.
TlwirAssi*
Cure footed as
Goats.
Labouring to reach the top of the Mountain, which was very
stcep, some we met on foot, others mounted on Asies, withjacka-
naps's behind them, pasied us witli no (mail Grandure and Ceremony
of the Cap 5 and which was wonderful, to see them ride thele Crea-
tures over Precipices, only Goats and theycou'd clamber on.-
At last gaining the highest part, another Wall accostcd us, over
which a Gate, and upon that a Cross. On the lest hand, as soon as
We were in, was either a Prison, or a Guard-house. Not many Paces
from it, on the same side, a Row of Houses, one Story high, thatcht
with the Branches of the Cocoe, and Windows with wooden Shut-
ters, but no Casements, built with Mud and Stone, as all their Build-
ings were which I saw; the insides visible enough, for the biggest of
them had not four yards Front, and half that, for the greater ilate,
was taken up by the Door: Their Furniture is answerable to the splen-
Tlieirtnanner dour of their Habitations; but because we will not resuse the Cour-
Enteraifiand te^ °^ t'ie*r Entertainment, sce in what a manner they present us
ment. with their Viands.
They invite us with an Hubble-bubble (so called from the noise it
makes) a long Reed as brown as a Nut with use, inserted the Body
ofaCocoe-shell filled with Water, anda nasty Bole just pressing the
Water, they ram Tobacco into it uncut, out of,which we may
suck as long as we please, but for any thing else they tell us as
the Poet did, .
A Rural
Cliappel nea:
the Csrps di
yina mihi non smt Gazetica, Chia, Falernat
Quaaue Sereptano palmite mijsa bibas.
Their common Drink being only Water; and their Food as plain,
being only the Fruits of the Earth.
But to keep on our way, which here we found easy and plain ; on
the Right slood another Cross, propped with a four-iquare Pillar
raised on steps, and half a Stone's cast from it, a Cliappel, not proud
enough to brag of any great elegancy for its Architecture ( being
but the Rural Seat of one of their Black Padres.) Not much bej ond
it the Corps de Guards from whence they supplied their Sentinels,
which were placed in a Military Order here and there: Nearer the
AVater-side,on the brow of the Precipice which ovcrloo'k the Haven,
in a well-appointed place, were planted half a dozen small Pieces of
Ordnance,which spake Thanks for our resped paid when we came to
an Anchor; not far srom hence another Guard and House regarding
the Main, which gave notice to the rest of what Vessels they saw
at Sea.
And
Letter I. Here lay at the Foot of the attending Mountain, in a carelesspo-
S,j<"v"?vy sture, one Company of their Militia, raised on this occasion, having
JdUp^oint- relted tnc^r Arms, as Muskets, and Pikes, with their Colours of.
ed. White Silk, with a Green Cross athwart, and the Arms of Portugal
in the midst of ir, against the Wall,but Breast high; which could
not have sield up the Pikes, had not some adjoining Trees contribu-
ted to their aid.
They saluted us with the civility of the Hat, and Congced to the
ground; those of them that walked about, had Javelins in their
hands, and long Swords tied to their Backs.
TlwirAssi*
Cure footed as
Goats.
Labouring to reach the top of the Mountain, which was very
stcep, some we met on foot, others mounted on Asies, withjacka-
naps's behind them, pasied us witli no (mail Grandure and Ceremony
of the Cap 5 and which was wonderful, to see them ride thele Crea-
tures over Precipices, only Goats and theycou'd clamber on.-
At last gaining the highest part, another Wall accostcd us, over
which a Gate, and upon that a Cross. On the lest hand, as soon as
We were in, was either a Prison, or a Guard-house. Not many Paces
from it, on the same side, a Row of Houses, one Story high, thatcht
with the Branches of the Cocoe, and Windows with wooden Shut-
ters, but no Casements, built with Mud and Stone, as all their Build-
ings were which I saw; the insides visible enough, for the biggest of
them had not four yards Front, and half that, for the greater ilate,
was taken up by the Door: Their Furniture is answerable to the splen-
Tlieirtnanner dour of their Habitations; but because we will not resuse the Cour-
Enteraifiand te^ °^ t'ie*r Entertainment, sce in what a manner they present us
ment. with their Viands.
They invite us with an Hubble-bubble (so called from the noise it
makes) a long Reed as brown as a Nut with use, inserted the Body
ofaCocoe-shell filled with Water, anda nasty Bole just pressing the
Water, they ram Tobacco into it uncut, out of,which we may
suck as long as we please, but for any thing else they tell us as
the Poet did, .
A Rural
Cliappel nea:
the Csrps di
yina mihi non smt Gazetica, Chia, Falernat
Quaaue Sereptano palmite mijsa bibas.
Their common Drink being only Water; and their Food as plain,
being only the Fruits of the Earth.
But to keep on our way, which here we found easy and plain ; on
the Right slood another Cross, propped with a four-iquare Pillar
raised on steps, and half a Stone's cast from it, a Cliappel, not proud
enough to brag of any great elegancy for its Architecture ( being
but the Rural Seat of one of their Black Padres.) Not much bej ond
it the Corps de Guards from whence they supplied their Sentinels,
which were placed in a Military Order here and there: Nearer the
AVater-side,on the brow of the Precipice which ovcrloo'k the Haven,
in a well-appointed place, were planted half a dozen small Pieces of
Ordnance,which spake Thanks for our resped paid when we came to
an Anchor; not far srom hence another Guard and House regarding
the Main, which gave notice to the rest of what Vessels they saw
at Sea.
And